Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers Prediction

The Vancouver Canucks visit Rogers Place on Saturday to play the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals best of seven series. The opening face off will be at 9:00 PM ET and ESPN will televise the game. Vancouver defeated Edmonton 3-2 in Game 5 on Thursday to take a 3-2 lead and put Edmonton on the brink of elimination. Make sure you stay up to date with all the NHL action, with our expert NHL picks.

Vancouver Canucks Preview

Vancouver used its home ice advantage and excellent defense on Thursday to pick up a much-needed 3-2 win and take the serious lead 3-2. Vancouver needs just one win in the final two games of the series to move on to the Conference Finals.

Vancouver finished first in the Pacific Division with a record of 50-23-9 and 109 points during the regular season. Vancouver is 10th in goals for during the playoffs at 2.73 per game and the Canucks are averaging 21.6 shots per game while scoring 17.2% of the time on the power play. Brock Boeser is the leading goal scorer for Vancouver with seven and Elias Lindholm is second with five. J.T Miller and Quinn Hughes are the leaders in assists with nine apiece, while Boeser and Miller lead in points with 12 apiece.

During the regular season, Vancouver goalie Arturs Silovs was 3-0-1 with a goals against average of 2.47 and save percentage of .881. In eight playoff appearances, Silovs is 5-3 with a goals against average of 2.62 and save percentage of .907. Vancouver is fifth among the playoff teams in goals against at 2.55 per game.

Edmonton Oilers Preview

Edmonton is on the brink of elimination after losing Game 5 and must win each of the final two games of the series or will be eliminated from the playoffs. Edmonton is 1-1 at home in this series against Vancouver.

During the regular season, Edmonton was 49-27-6, finishing with 104 points, which was second in the Pacific Division. Edmonton is second during the postseason in goals for with an average of 3.80 per game and is taking an average of 30.2 shots per game. Edmonton is scoring 40.0% of the time when on the power play. Zach Hyman is leading the Oilers in goals scored with nine, while Connor McDavid is the leader in assists with 16 and is second in points with 18 (2 goals, 16 assists). Leon Draisaitl is the leader in points with 21 (8 goals, 13 assists).

Edmonton is 10th in goals against at 3.00 per game during the playoffs and is allowing an average of 29.9 shots per game. During the regular season, Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard was 12-7-1 with a goals against average of 2.45 and save percentage of .909. In three (two starts) playoff games, Pickard is 1-1 with a goals against average of 2.21 and a save percentage of .915.

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